Marcel Gardner and his Serenade Orchestra

and forecast for farmers and shipping

and his Orchestra

' Christ the Hope of the World'
Talk by the Rev. E. H. Robertson
This is the main theme of the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches, which is being held at Evanston, Illinois
2-The Kingdom that is to come

and forecast for farmers and shipping

Ron Goodwin and his Concert Orchestra

by Derek Abrahams

by Victor Ross
In 1943 'Victor Ross was serving in one of the alien companies of the Pioneer Corps. Before going overseas he and his comrades were advised by the authorities to change their names in order to avoid any reprisals in case they fell into enemy hands. In characteristic light-hearted vein the speaker describes how he came to select the name of Ross.

PROKOFIEV
Gramophone records of music from his ballet ' Chout ' and ' Cinderella'

Beloved, let us love (BBC Hymn
Book 373)
New Every Morning, page 93 Psalm 16 (Broadcast Psalter) St. Luke 6. vv. 20-38
For the beautv of the earth (BBC
Hymn Book 272)

Cecil Norman and the Rhythm Players

(baritone) with Francis Poulenc (piano)
Songs by Gounod Poulenc ,, and Ravel Poulenc on gramophone records

For details see facing page

A novel by Patrick Leigh Fermor abridged into fifteen parts
Read by Mary O'Farrell

Berthe de Rennes has accepted a post as governess in the household of her cousin the Count de Serindan who lives in the Caribbean island of Saint-Jacques. She describes the life of the family.

invites you to
' Spread a Little Happiness ' with the help of some gramophone records

from a canteen in Maidstone, Kent
with The Stargazers, Bob Andrews, Lucille Graham, Alfred Marks
James Moody at the piano
Harold Smart at the organ
Presented by Bill Gates

Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England

at the BBC theatre organ

(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conductor, Ian Whyte

Serenade in E, for strings - Dvorak
Symphony No. 1, in C - Bizet

Directed by Reg Pursglove with Grace Nevern (soprano)

Conducted by Dilys Powell
Film: Roger Manvell
Theatre: Richard Findlater
Radio: Frank Birch
Book: C. V. Wedgwood
Art: Basil Taylor

A radio portrait with Marie Bryant
Jack Buchanan , Norman Granz
Marion McPartland
Written by Denis Preston
Produced by Thurstan Holland

For Younger Listeners
A Nursery Sing-Song with Vi and Herbert
' The Sad Little Rocking Horse'
A story by Marjorie Francis told by Rosalie Williams
5.25 For Children of Most Ages
' Happy Memories of the Future '
A photographic competition for a holiday snapshot set by Duncan Carse and ' And Golden Syrup It Was! '
A story by Colin Clemak told by David

Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England

in a programme of familiar music for the keyboard Something Old Something NewSomething BorrowedSomething Blue

From H.M.S. Harrier Kete, Pembrokeshire with Eric Barker
Tommy Reilly
Dick Emery
James Moody at the piano
Presented by Alun Williams

Twenty-two years ago two unemployed music students went busking through the West of England with a piano, a cello, a barrow, and, eventually, a donkey
Maurice Hardy and Leonard Isaacs recall their adventures assisted by Noel Davis , Victor Fawkes
Lewis Gedge , Derek Hart
Kathleen Helme , Douglas Horner
Douglas Leach , Geoffrey Matthews and Johnny Morris and the BBC West of England Light Orchestra
(Leader, Frederick Lunnon )
Conductor, Frank Cantell playing incidental music by Gordon Jacob
Script by Maurice Hardy
Production by John Irving

in Belfast

Highlights of the Show World
Stars of the stage, screen, radio, and concert platform, with the Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
Produced by David Miller

A survey of current affairs
Speakers in the studio in London and from regional and overseas centres contribute news and views on the issues of today and tomorrow

by Charles Peaker from Westminster Abbey

by Frank Fraser Darling D.s c Ph.D.
'Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and. six, result misery,' said Mr. Micawber. Dr. Fraser Darling believes that we are squandering our natural resources in this way. Intense cultivation of the land and the disappearance of wild life and uncultivated scrub are, in his opinion, not only regrettable from the point of view of the nature lover but will be disastrous for future generations.

by Charles Dickens
Reader, Mark Dignam
7 — ' Mr. James Harthouse '

late weather forecast for land areas